Some Sideloaded App are not visible in the "Your Apps and channels"

Vega Open Beta Bug Reports
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:backhand_index_pointing_right: Bug Description

1. Summary

Some sideloaded apps are not visible inside “Your Apps and Channels” and given there’s no “Open App” button in settings anymore Missing "Open App" button we can’t open the app from the UI and we need to use the CLI every time.

Provide a brief description of the bug in the SDK and its impact on app functionality.

App Name: Kayo Sports
App Link on Amazon Appstore (found through Developer Console → Actions column in App List → View on Amazon.com): Amazon.com

Bug Severity
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  • Impacts operation of app
  • Blocks current development
  • Improvement suggestion
  • Issue with documentation (If selected, please share the doc link and describe the issue)
  • Other

2. Steps to Reproduce

  1. Build the app (it’s a webapp)
  2. Install it on a device kepler device install-app -p ./build/private/kepler/firetv-kepler/0.1/vega/aarch64/Release/firetv-kepler_aarch64.vpkg
  3. Look for the app inside “Your Apps & Channels”

3. Observed Behavior

The sideloaded app is not visible in this UI

4. Expected Behavior

The sideloaded app should show up inside the UI

4.a Possible Root Cause & Temporary Workaround

If you launch the app with the CLI, only then you can find it inside “Home > Recently used apps” but the image doesn’t load correctly (empty) and the metadata doesn’t load correctly (not visible), so you’ve no idea what you’re selecting. The last selected content metadata info is displayed instead.

Recently used apps with no metadata or image
Recently used apps with no metadata or image2696×1576 432 KB

5. Logs or crash report

Not Applicable

6. Environment

Please fill out the fields related to your bug below:

  • SDK Version: 0.22.6006 (but also replicated with older kepler SDK)

  • App State: Not Applicable

  • OS Information:

NAME="OS"
OE_VERSION="4.0.0"
OS_MAJOR_VERSION="1"
OS_MINOR_VERSION="1"
RELEASE_ID="14"
OS_VERSION="1.1"
BRANCH_CODE="TV Ship day60"
BUILD_DESC="OS 1.1 (TV Ship day60/91)"
BUILD_FINGERPRINT="4.0.216859.0(3072cab629675a74)/91N:user/release-keys"
BUILD_VARIANT="user"
BUILD_TAGS="release-keys"
BUILD_DATE="Wed Jan 28 22:43:49 UTC 2026"
BUILD_TIMESTAMP="1769640229"
VERSION_NUMBER="1401010009120"

7. Example Code Snippet / Screenshots / Screengrabs

Not Applicable

:backhand_index_pointing_right: Playback Issues

Not Applicable

:backhand_index_pointing_right: Additional Context

Any Additional Context you would like to provide?

We do build 2 apps (Kayo Sports & Binge) which are both based on webviews. In CI we do only minimal changes like app image, splashscreen and the webview URL. One app: “Kayo Sports” suffer from this bug, while the other app “Binge” is not affected by this.

I’ve attached the app information once installed on the device and obtained with vda shell vpm info

Screenshot 2026-02-12 at 11.27.36
Screenshot 2026-02-12 at 11.27.363928×1496 482 KB

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Hi @maxgallo,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention and for providing such detailed technical information about the sideloaded app visibility issue in “Your Apps and Channels.”

Our team is investigating this issue and will provide an update as soon as we have more information. We appreciate the comprehensive details you’ve shared, including the environment information and the comparison with your “Binge” app that doesn’t experience this issue.

Thanks for helping us improve the Vega platform.

Warm regards,
Aishwarya